About / Glossary / References 2015.04.08 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.04.08 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Fermentation Fermentation is a food processing method in which the metabolism of microbes alters the chemical composition...
About / Glossary / References 2015.04.05 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.04.05 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Shu Cha Shu cha ( Chinese: 熟茶 ) is a relatively new term that came about as...
About / Glossary / References 2015.03.29 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.03.29 · Last modified 2020.02.24 First Flush A first flush is the first round of leaf buds coming out of the tea...
About / Glossary / References 2015.03.28 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.03.28 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Cultivar In reference to tea, a cultivar is a natural or cultivated strain of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) chosen...
Infusion / Standards / Tea How's 2015.02.04 by Leo Kwan · Published 2015.02.04 · Last modified 2016.03.15 Gongfu Infusion: General Parameters The immediate benefit of gongfu infusion The obvious advantage of using the gongfu approach in...
About / Glossary / References 2015.01.31 by Leo Kwan · Published 2015.01.31 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Maocha In traditional tea processing, a maocha ( Chinese: 毛茶 ) is the tea that has...
About / Glossary / References 2015.01.30 by Tea Guardian · Published 2015.01.30 · Last modified 2020.02.24 Gaiwan The term gaiwan ( Chinese: 蓋碗 ) is the romanization of Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for...
About / Standards 2014.12.28 by Leo Kwan · Published 2014.12.28 · Last modified 2016.03.15 Romanization of Names Originated in China, tea has the greatest varieties and diversity in that country. Its nature...
About / About this Site 2014.12.12 by Leo Kwan · Published 2014.12.12 · Last modified 2024.01.20 Leo Kwan: How Tea Has Chosen Me My father used to be proud to talk about his bullet wound in the chest from the Sin0-Japanese War during WWII. He was lucky to have lived through such an injury in a time when food, medicine and even bullets were in extreme scarcity…
Infusion / Standards / Tea How's 2014.08.13 by Leo Kwan · Published 2014.08.13 · Last modified 2023.05.07 Tea Tasting: A Step by Step Guide • what you need • preparation • tasting • ask yourself • parameters • tea...
